Tag: AC / DC

We’ve racked our brains to come up with an awesome, little, ‘Australian Music Quiz’ for all you budding musicians in Melbourne. Your general knowledge about music is as important as knowing your instrument. This quiz will help you learn a few things that you may not know about our Australian musicians, bands and the music industry. If you are able to answer all of these questions, consider yourself a bit of a genius! But if you struggle to answer some of them, then don’t worry; we’ll share them with you. Make sure not to Google these answers or ‘phone a friend’ to get them right!

Here we go!

Question 1: Which Australian band sang the song ‘Thunderstruck’?

Question 2: Which Australian Pop music group consisted of three brothers namely -Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb?

Question 3: Michael Hutchence was the lead singer of which Australian band?

Question 4: Which Australian (female) Pop-Star achieved recognition by starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, where she played the role of a tomboy mechanic Charlene Robinson?

Question 5: Which famous Australian (male) Pop-star sang the song ‘You’re the voice’?

Question 6: Which Australian Country music artist sang the song ‘Old Man Emu’?

Question 7: Which Australian band, originally named Orange and formed in Adelaide in 1973 as a heavy-metal cover-band, went on to become a pioneer in exemplifying “pub-rock” and highlighting the working class in Australia?

Question 8: Which Aussie hit single from the album ‘Business As Usual’ went to number one in the band’s home country of Australia in December 1981, and then topped the New Zealand charts in February 1982?

Question 9: Name the front-man (lead singer) of the band ‘Hunters & Collectors’

Question 10: Fill the blank of Peter Andre’s hit single from the year 1996, “O… ______________ I wanna get close to you”